Nine hundred and seventieth chapters two vacancies
When the gunpowder smoke cleared, a gap more than ten feet wide appeared in the west city wall. Li Bing led 30,000 infantrymen to kill from a distance, while Guo Song led 20,000 cavalry waiting outside the south city.
Shang Dongzan knew that the enemy troops had entered the city. He was anxious and hateful, and loudly ordered: "The whole army goes out to fight, victory or defeat depends on this!"
The Tibetan soldiers rushed out of the camp and fought towards the city. At this time, the sound of horse hoofs suddenly sounded, and countless Tang army cavalry were seen charging in from the south city gate, fighting fiercely with the Tubo soldiers on the spacious central axis street.
This was a brutal street battle in the inner city. The Tang army invested 60,000 troops, while the Tibetan army was less than 30,000. They fought in every corner of the city. Many people in the city suffered unreasonable disasters and died in the rebellion.
But after all, the strength of the Tang army was twice that of the Tubo army. By dawn, the Tang army began to gain the upper hand, but the Tubo soldiers refused to surrender. It was not until noon that the fierce street fighting in the city finally came to an end.
The city was full of dead bodies, the bodies of Tibetan soldiers, Tang army soldiers and the bodies of innocent people. Rivers of blood flowed on the streets, and military doctors were dressing the wounds of injured soldiers.
But the war was not over yet. Shang Dongzan led the last 400 soldiers to occupy the unfinished Tubo government office, and 10,000 Tang soldiers surrounded the three-story stone building.
"Your Highness, an iron fire thunder will blast his mother!" Li Bing suggested.
Guo Song shook his head, "Burn it with fire!"
A fire began to be lit below the Tubo official office. Cans filled with kerosene were thrown into the fire, followed by bundles of pine branches.
Flames rose into the sky, thick smoke billowed, and the flames burned hundreds of Tibetan soldiers. More than 200 Tibetan soldiers on the second floor could not bear the flames and smoke, and ran towards the third floor one after another.
On the roof of the third floor, Shang Dongzan, with disheveled hair, knelt down to the west. Hundreds of his men also knelt down with him. Shang Dongzan drew out his sword and walked to the edge of the building. He pulled the sword across the floor and blood flowed from his neck.
He staggered and fell into the blazing fire, and his men committed suicide with their swords.
At this time, Guo Song waved his hand to signal not to add more flames. The fire burned for a full hour, and the three floors collapsed. The remaining hundreds of Tibetan soldiers and the commander were buried under the rocks.
The war was over, but Guo Song felt very heavy. Although they wiped out 30,000 Tibetan troops, they themselves also suffered the casualties of nearly 7,000 soldiers, setting a record. From the establishment of the Hexi Army to the present, this was the highest casualty rate.
A tragic battle.
However, this Battle of Yazhou had a far-reaching impact. All 50,000 Tibetan soldiers were wiped out, and only a few dozen escaped back to Tibet. This shocked the entire Tibetans. As a result, Shang Jiezan was dismissed from the post of Prime Minister and was responsible for the failure of the invasion of Bashu.
full responsibility.
In particular, the Tang army's powerful firearms frightened Tubo. A year later, Tang and Tibet held an alliance in Dafeichuan. The two sides made it clear that the boundary line determined in the thirteenth year of Tianbao was the formal boundary between the two sides, and a monument was erected as a mark. After the north was stabilized,
Tubo's strategy began to turn to Tianzhu, and it once annexed most of Tianzhu. Decades later, Tubo broke out in civil war and withdrew from Tianzhu, and its strength began to be further weakened. After more than two hundred years, Tubo never invaded the Central Plains again.
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Chang'an, since the King of Jin led his army to the south, the public opinion in Chang'an has been like boiling water and has never calmed down. The circulations of "Chang'an Express" and "Tianxia Xinbao" have reached 100,000 copies and 70,000 copies respectively. Many
Illiterate people also bought a newspaper and asked someone to read it to them.
The Jin army's occupation of Chengdu caused joy throughout the city. Soon after the news of the eunuch group's destruction was first published in the newspapers, firecrackers were heard everywhere in Chang'an City. Until the great victory of Yazhou, the 50,000 Tibetan army was wiped out, causing joy inside and outside Chang'an.
, the people spontaneously took to the streets to sing and dance to celebrate the victory.
In the past two days, the focus of the people of Chang'an was the return of the Queen Mother and the Emperor. Frankly speaking, most people did not welcome the return of the Queen Mother and the Little Emperor. Especially after the "Chang'an Express" revealed that the Little Emperor was a fool, the people's resistance became even more intense.
Seriously, everyone hopes that the Jin Dynasty will ascend the throne and replace the Tang Dynasty in name only.
This is the simple thought of the common people at the bottom, but anyone with a little bit of brains understands that the King of Jin will never replace the Tang Dynasty at this time and plunge himself into injustice.
In the Taibai Restaurant on Xi'anmen Street, Du You and Xue Xun were sitting in the elegant room on the second floor drinking and chatting. The two of them had a deep friendship. They were close friends as early as twenty years ago. If Guo Song hadn't intervened and said
Maybe Xue Tao will marry Du You's son.
"What do you think of the Queen Mother's return to the court this time?" Du You asked with a smile.
"Do you still need to ask? The Jin Palace will be upgraded to the imperial court, the three provinces, six ministries and nine temples will be put into operation, and the entire officialdom will be reorganized. It is related to everyone's interests. You, the official minister, are going to have a big head, but you still have ideas.
Drinking here?”
"Drinking is drinking, these two things are different. In fact, I am more concerned about how to divide the power of the king and the king. Brother Xue Xian, you are the father-in-law of His Royal Highness King Jin. Have you never mentioned it?"
Xue Xun drank a glass of wine and smiled: "Are you testing me?"
"It's just a matter of inquiry. Many of us are concerned about these things."
Du You filled Xue Xun's wine glass and said with a smile: "You should be able to provide some information!"
"I did talk to the King of Jin, and he told me that regarding the division of power between the king and the prime minister, he has to think about future generations. He can control everything now, but his future generations may not be able to do it, so he will consider establishing a system.
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"What about? Can you give me an example?"
"He wants to implement a term system for the prime minister, with a four-year term. Those with outstanding political performance can be re-elected for one term, but the maximum cannot exceed eight years. This way there will be no lifelong prime minister, and it will also be a constraint on the power of the prime minister."
"That makes sense!"
Du You nodded and asked with a smile: "Then who will decide whether the prime minister will be re-elected? The King of Jin?"
Xue Xun shook his head, "I know King Jin. He will not indulge his power. He told me that it may be decided by a vote of officials above the seventh rank."
Du You was stunned for a moment and decided to vote? He had never heard of it.
Xue Xun smiled slightly and said, "The prime minister is the head of a hundred officials, and his political achievements should be evaluated by his subordinates. Isn't it unreasonable?"
"It's interesting. It is indeed more reasonable to be evaluated by subordinates. But in this way, in order to please his subordinates, wouldn't the prime minister be making trouble to the King of Jin every day to increase the salary of his subordinates?"
"That's not possible. Don't forget, His Highness the King of Jin has the power to remove the Prime Minister."
Du You put his hands on his hands and laughed, "This is a brilliant move! The prime minister has to be responsible both to his superiors and his subordinates. He really doesn't dare to slack off."
Xue Xun said again: "Brother Junqing invited me to drink, wouldn't you just talk about these illusory things?"
Du You stopped smiling and said thoughtfully: "Actually, I want to talk to my dear brother about the upcoming political affairs hall. King Jin has made it clear before that it is still a seven-phase system, with five deputy prime ministers on the left and right. Now Liu Zi is appointed as Hebei
Wen You is appointed as the pacifier of the two rivers. According to King Jin's wishes, the two of them only hold the title of Pingzhangshi, which means that two more people have to be selected to serve as prime ministers. I hope my dear brother can fight for it, not because you are the father-in-law of King Jin.
, you just give up your future, there is no need."
Only then did Xue Xun understand what Du You meant by inviting him to drink today. It turned out that he wanted him to win the prime ministership. Xue Xun picked up the wine glass and was silent for a while.
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In the study outside Dugu Mansion, Dugu Qiu was savoring two plates of brown sugar. They were made from beet and sugar cane. In comparison, sugar cane seemed to be sweeter, but beet sugar was also good.
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"Father, Mr. Dou is here!" his son Dugu Qian reported at the door.
I only heard a hearty voice, "Old Dugu, I'm so old, and you don't come to greet me at the gate of the hospital?"
Du Lingqiu stood up and came out, smiling and saying: "I'm sorry, I happened to have something small and I forgot about it."
Dou Yi snorted heavily, "Little things, small things can actually be rude?"
"Okay, okay, now that you are old, don't be so angry like a child."
Dugu Qiu knew Dou Yi very well, and after coaxing him a few words, he invited him into the room.
Dou Yi sat down and saw the two plates of brown sugar on the table, her eyes lit up, "Is this beet sugar or sucrose?"
"We have them all, you can have a try." Du Lingqiu handed a small spoon to Dou Yi.
Dou Yi is actually more concerned about sugar beets. Their family bought a large piece of land in Fengzhou to grow sugar beets last year, hoping to get a share of the sugar industry.
Dou Yi took a spoonful of each and tasted it, nodding, "They all feel the same, which one is the beet sugar?"
"This is it!" Du Lingqiu pushed a plate up.
Dou Yi took another spoonful and tasted it, and immediately praised it: "Not bad! Not bad! Good stuff!"
Du Lingqiu smiled and said: "I don't think we need to focus exclusively on sugar beets. We can also make cane sugar. Sugar cane is grown in southern Bashu. We can open farms there, build sugar boiling houses, and set up cane sugar trading houses in Chengdu. Here in Chang'an, sugar beets are grown.
Sugar Merchant, this way you can walk on two legs."
"This is a good idea!" Dou Yi gave a thumbs up and praised.
He suddenly shook his head quickly, "No! No! This is not why I came to you."